Friday, November 14, 2014

Back to Vienna

"Ver Sacrum" Stamps with the Secession Building

The Secession Building. Ver Sacrum = Sacred Spring.

Vienna, in all its gilded Art Nouveau glory, is elegant and grand. The Secession building, which looks like a giant jewelry box to me, houses the Beethoven Freeze by Klimt. Since my hotel was nearby, I'd go by this white shimmering building every day and wave "hi" to it.

The Secession Building.

The Secession Building.

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Vienna's most influential architect and "artist of buildings", modernist visionary Otto Wagner, has several landmarks in the city. This is his Karlsplatz subway station. The apple green color on every station was meant to signal a subway entrance. Back then the subway system was an innovation that people were just getting familiarized with. Wagner designed the very first entrances in Vienna, and he believed they should be beautiful.

Karlsplatz Station, designed by Otto Wagner.

Karlsplatz Station, designed by Otto Wagner.

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Upper Belvedere is guarded by 12 fabulous sphinxes, and it houses Klimt's most famous painting, The Kiss. Yes, it's everything you expect it to be from up close and more! Unforgettable.

One of the 12 Sphinxes of Belvedere.

Belvedere Gardens

Belvedere Gardens with a Sphinx

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Street Cafe and Waiters.

Volksgarden.

Volksgarden.

Volksgarden.

View of Vienna from the Albertina Museum Terrace. Full Moon in Twilight Hour.

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